Vincent Tan

First of all, our group has chosen Vincent Tan as our entrepreneur in this project. The full name of Vincent Tan is Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun. He is born on 1952 in Batu Pahat, Johor. He is a Malaysian businessman and investor. He comes from a poor family and could not even afford his proper education. He became success nowadays because he know what it is like not to have a lot of things that the average person days will take for granted.

Besides that, he is the founder of Berjaya Media Berhad, the Chairman and Chief Executive of Berjaya Corporation Berhad. Berjaya Corporation conglomerate in a wide array of business includes golfing, property, resorts, and gambling. Tan Sri is married and he has 11 children. Before he enrolled into business, he worked as a clerk and insurance agent in1980s. In 1982s, he purchased Malaysia’s Macdonald’s franchise and in 1982, moreover, he bought Sport Toto from an untendered privatization, when the lottery agency was privatized by the government. Vincent Tan obtained the license for his lottery business from a non-tendered privatisation in 1985. His success in the Malaysian business sector has been attributed and he had close link with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad and his family, who is the ex-prime minister of Malaysia.

Furthermore, Tan Sri also known as an owner of 7-Eleven Franchise in Malaysia, Crispy Crème Franchise Holder, Burger King Malaysian Franchise and UMobile Operator in Malaysia. In May 2010, Tan Sri became the owner of Cardiff City Football Club after a consortium of Malaysia investors which is led by Dato’ Chan Tien Ghee. He bought 30% of the club’s shares. Next, on 23 February 2012, he retired from an active corporate role in Berjaya Corporation. Now, he is the current owner of Cardiff City Football Club, which recently gained promotion to play in the English Premier League.